I’m putting together end of the year lists, like everyone else, but I couldn’t let these two slip through without writing about them. Both out today, 12/6. The Black Keys — El Camino: my love for the Black Keys is pretty well described as primal; their 2010 album Brothers remains an album that I think…
Month: December 2011
the camera’s eye
I am about to finish watching The Hour, which if you haven’t watched it is simply staggeringly brilliant — Romola Garai is absolutely astonishing, and Dominic West and Ben Whishaw aren’t too shabby either, and I loved playing spot-the-British-TV-regular (“HI MORIARTY.” “HI OWEN HARPER.”). But what really grabbed me about it was the cinematography, the…
american aquarium @ the pour house
It depends on what you ask me, and when, about American Aquarium, whether I’ll be sentimental, or cheerfully cranky, or a million other things — but one thing I will always, always be is fond, is deeply affectionate for those five guys and all 28 ex-band members. There’s no other band where I can tell…
jon lindsay @ slim’s
Jon Lindsay writes the kind of indie guitar pop songs that stick in your head because of a catchy chorus or a well-picked guitar line, and it’s not until you listen to them later that you realize they’ve wormed their way into your head because they’re sly and subtle and impeccably clever; he is a…
magnolia collective — ghost stories
Magnolia Collective — Ghost Stories. I owe a debt of gratitude to MagCo — I’d been shooting local music for a few years, but I really got a introduction to the center of the Chapel Hill scene thanks to their regular Thursday residency at the Station this year. I met people I’d never have met…
the vaudevillain revue: we’re all mad here
Last Friday I had the distinct pleasure of shooting the VaudeVillain Revue, a burlesque and vaudeville troupe based in Raleigh, both backstage as they got ready for the show, and during the show. It was a fantastic time; everyone involved is unbearably talented, and it’s unlike any other work I do. They’ll be doing another…
top 25 albums of 2011
The usual caveat before we get into the list: I make my list with a mix of objectivity and subjectivity; I’ve left albums I loved off other lists because they weren’t actually very good, and occasionally an incredibly impressive album I’m not wild about will sneak in. In short, this is a list, basically, of…
brand new kind of photography 